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EDITORS NOTE: In presenting Obituaries it is our policy to give our readers insight into the inspirational, as well as committed lives that those we write about have lived. When presented with Mrs. Johnson’s 40-Page Funeral Program, we didn’t quite […]

NC Newsline-With North Carolina lawmakers still negotiating the state budget, a public forum on Thursday highlighted the state’s long-running Leandro case, a nearly three-decade legal battle over equitable education funding. Speaking at the forum organized by the advocacy group Public […]

By: Lynn Bonner And Brandon Kingdollar NC Newsline Justin Fraser, an honors student at NC A&T State University and an aspiring doctor, gained research experience at Duke University, working in a laboratory investigating a therapy for Parkinson’s Disease.  Fraser was […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Cognizant announced on Monday a strategic partnership with the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) to develop and implement a next-generation tolling back-office system. With the first stage under way, this multi-stage engagement aims to deliver a scalable, API-driven […]

By Eli Chen WUNC The YMCA of the Triangle plans to acquire land next to the American Tobacco Campus to build a new downtown Durham facility. On a 0.79-acre property at the corner of Blackwell and W. Pettigrew Streets, the […]

By Jheri Hardaway (formerly Ms. Jheri Worldwide) Staff Writer “If you leave home you still need to know where home is” one of the family members mentioned during the presentations of Belle Long and Yvonne Hunter Sanders at Tucker House in […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Moses Grandy was a Black abolitionist, seaman, and author born into slavery around 1786 in Camden County, North Carolina. As Grandy recounted in his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy; Late a Slave […]

By Jheri Hardaway (formerly Ms. Jheri Worldwide) Staff Writer The heart of a community often beats in its small businesses. The Crabtree Valley Mall we knew is no longer. Drastic changes have impacted every element of the customer and retailer experience. […]

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA It wasn’t someone from “the radical left.” It wasn’t an “illegal immigrant,” and it wasn’t a person of color. The suspect in the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk is 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, […]

By Karl Cameron, Contributor I recently reviewed, “The Library In The Woods” by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. It is a children’s book for ages 7-1, but also a journey back for many adults to a segregation […]